Looks the goods! now all that's needed is it to be scanned and the scan cleaned up and we have a winner. If your not that fussy then a square-on picture would do the job. But as i've a scanner i usually just opt for that just "because".

I had some really cool gold-plated Craftsman wrench sets (limited edition Christmas gifty stuff) but gave the last set away in '08. Those would have made a neat logo pic. Day late and (many) dollars short in ref to those spanners.

Aside, but not totally off-topic, way back in the early 70s Sears had sets of beautiful SS wrenches. They were darn near too pretty to use and at the time I couldn't afford them anyway. I've regretted not buying a set ever after, even if the kids would have had to go hungry for a week or two.

Metric? Whitworth? If it's an adjustable, it should be crossed with a hammer, similar to:

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Such differentiation is not necessary. An adjustable wrench, known in certain circles as a Sasebo Socket Set, does not discriminate but will round off bolt head of any type, metric, SAE, Whitworth, whatever, sooner or later, and guarantee severely barked knuckles in reasonably short order; if of sufficient size a SSS makes a pretty darn good hammer, too.

Been a lurker on this site for a while. Saw this thread today and had to post.

I live in central Virginia (Charlottesville). Love riding...everyday, all year 'round...course you can get away with that pretty easily this far south.

I wouldn't claim any expertise about wrenching, but what I know I have figured out using the web, a manual, and old-fashioned trial-and-error...Never done an engine/tranny rebuild - furthest I've ever had to dig into the engine was removing the head.

Shoganai I am just down the road...give a holler next time you're wrenching...I quite good at garage lounging, drinking beer and giving uninformed opinions about how to fix things (just use a hammer...even if it doesn't fix it you'll feel better) .

Current bikes...
1980 Honda CB650C (will sell when I figure out how to get all four carbs to behave)
2003 Kawa Vulcan (hope to sell/trade for a small D/S - really want to get off the pavement soon)
2003 BMW F650CS (great commuter)

So....now that intros are over...

Anyone have any sage advice for total loss of power?

Backstory....lent kawa to my daughter...when I rode up to MA for a camping trip back to VA she had serious carb. issues (bike only sat for one-two weeks)

Managed to get it home, bogging and backfiring the whole damn way (probably not the best thing for it)

One fuel bowl (of the two carbs) had obviously bad gas (smelled awful) some grit in it, so obviously clogged carbs...easy right?

Right...I have taken the carbs off twice and soaked and cleaned...pretty certain all the jets and passages are very clean at this point - there was no varnish, just particulates in the fuel bowl...so I installed a fuel filter (can't believe stock doesn't have one):eek1. Replaced the now fouled and abused plugs - bike starts fine, idles smooth, but NO power!!! seriously, worse than a 25cc scooter. Vacuum leak? I checked the lines etc., but nothing obvious....any suggestions?

Hey everyone...
Current bikes...
1980 Honda CB650C (will sell when I figure out how to get all four carbs to behave)
2003 Kawa Vulcan (hope to sell/trade for a small D/S - really want to get off the pavement soon)
2003 BMW F650CS (great commuter)

Anyone have any sage advice for total loss of power?

One fuel bowl (of the two carbs) had obviously bad gas (smelled awful) some grit in it, so obviously clogged carbs...easy right?

Right...I have taken the carbs off twice and soaked and cleaned...pretty certain all the jets and passages are very clean at this point - there was no varnish, just particulates in the fuel bowl... Replaced the now fouled and abused plugs - bike starts fine, idles smooth, but NO power!!! seriously, worse than a 25cc scooter. Vacuum leak? I checked the lines etc., but nothing obvious....any suggestions?

Love to hear from everyone - advice or rides!

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Viagra will help your "total loss of power", but only if you be a guy.

Your carbs may be a "CV" design (constant velocity), where a thin rubber diaphram is used to lift a slide to let in more air. A vacuum leak will prevent the slide from lifting, meaning no power, but it would idle fine.